CM appoints Upendra Tripathy as Advisor Adarsha vidyalaya Sangathan

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Sri  Naveen patnaik has appointed Sri Upendra Tripathy IAS (Retd. ) as Advisor cum working president and chairman of the executive committee  of odisha Adarsha vidyalaya Sangathan with the status  and rank of Minister of State.  

Besides he will  also discharge the duties  as principal Advisor ( Education ) to chief minister.

Mr. Upendra Tripathy, IAS (Retd.) officer of Karnataka cadre 1980 batch, brings in both global and local experience and expertise from across the world into the Adarsha School Sangathana  in Odisha. 

 As Commissioner of public instruction in the province of Karnataka, between 1999-2001, that had 300000 teachers and around one crore of students then, he introduced a plethora of innovations, some of which continue even today from quality of education to access and use of technology 

Shri Tripathy is the first and founding Director General of International Solar Alliance . He is known for receiving the prestigious Prime Minister's award for excellence in public administration in individual category. 

He has also received several other awards for his innovations and ideas during his career as a civil servant.

He was also the Secretary to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India. He also served as an  Advisor (Agriculture and Marine Products) in the Indian Embassy in Brussels. Besides his services   in Revenue Administration,  Rural Development, Petroleum Conservation, Agriculture & Horticulture, Agricultural Marketing,  Education,  Environment  & Transportation has brought many accolades for him .

Mr. Tripathy, a native of  Kahakapur,  near Rambha, Ganjam, Odisha,  studied in Ravenshaw College, then  Jawaharlal Nehru University and Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

He has volunteered to serve his home state odisha without any salary and to contribute his part in the transformation of education system. .His vast experience will certainly enrich  the organisation.